County’s attempts to bypass Oxnard’s legal public process
VC REPORTER: Mar 6, 2019 | Oxnard, Power to Speak, Rene Aiu, Harbor & Beach Community Alliance | Click To Read on VC REPORTER Fisherman’s Wharf at Channel Islands Harbor has fallen into disrepair since opening in 1978. Channel Islands Harbor is an important recreation destination for the community and visitors to Ventura County....
Harbor Director Says the Only Source of Facts About the Harbor Is Himself and His Staff
In a February 8, 2019 letter to the Harbor & Beach Community Alliance with copies to the County Board of Supervisors and Oxnard City Council, Mark Sandoval wrote “I also stated that if anyone other than myself or my staff was providing an update on Harbor development or operations, to take it with a grain of salt and understand the objective of the presenting organization.”
Is Now the Time for Channel Islands Harbor to Update its Public Works Plan?
For more information about environmental justice, go to: www.coastal.ca.gov/env-justice/If you could like to send in comments to the Coastal Commission, please do so by February 17th:Email: environmentaljustice@coastal.ca.govMail: California Coastal Commission Environmental Justice Team,45 Fremont Street, Suite 2000,San Francisco, CA...
Fall Fundraiser 2018
THANK YOU TO ALL friends and neighbors who understand how lucky we are to have such a beautiful harbor and realize the importance in opposing the Fisherman’s Wharf 400 apartment project. Our harbor is one of the most beautiful small boat harbors in the nation. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT! Watch for updates! There are only 12 small boat harbors along...
Update on Fisherman’s Wharf Proposed 400 Apartment Complex
The County continues to be intractable. The County, in Lyn Krieger’s July 20, 2018, letter to the City repeats the request that the City’s Local Coastal Plan (LCP) be made to conform to its General Plan. This is contrary to coastal law. In the Coastal Zone, the LCP that governs, not the General Plan so if anything, the General Plan should be...
Update on Harbor Water Quality
An organized effort by the Channel Islands Neighborhood Council and CIYC filed letters with the Water Quality Control Board (WQCB) urging that the NRG permit for final closure of the plant include conditions for continuous monitoring of the water quality and the development of a mitigation plan. Heal the Bay also supported this...
An Open Transparent Update of the Harbor’s Public Works Plan – or…
The public must continue to demand a comprehensive update of the PWP for the harbor. What business can be effective and efficient without a plan? Now the new Harbor Director can demonstrate how he will operate the harbor – with piecemeal planning or an updated comprehensive Public Works Plan.
What we want to see CHANGED at the Harbor
What do we want? Development that is consistent with the Coastal Act and is visitor-serving and harbor-oriented. Going forward, what is needed is an updated Public Works Plan with a comprehensive Master Plan for the entire harbor. Going forward, we would like to see a “change” to an open, transparent RFP (Request for Proposal) process at the...
Ventura County Proposed Changes
Please read the proposed changes – please stay involved!
Oxnard Channel Islands Harbor Taskforce Meeting 2-22-2018
The Oxnard Channel Islands Harbor Taskforce committee held a special meeting on February 22, 2018 at the Oxnard Performing Art Center. Mayor Tim Flynn and Councilman Bert Perello serve on the committee. The purpose of the meeting was to receive a presentation on the Special Planning Charrette Summary Results regarding the future of...